Book of address-cards



Patented May 2, I899. J. B. WIGGINS. BOOK OF ADDRESS CARDS.

(Application filed Nov. 21, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. VVIGGINS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOOKWQF ADDRESS-CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,280, dated May 2, 1899. Application filed November 21, 1898. Serial No. 697,120. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN-B. VVIGGiNs, a

resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Books or Packets of Address-Cards or Like Printed Sheets, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

- It is now a common practice, particularly among business men and others who have 0ccasion to use large numbers of address or calling cards, to have their cards bound together in small books or packets that may be conveniently carried in the pocket. Each sheet or card is provided at one end with a bindingstub, between which and the body of the card is formed a row of perforations to facilitate the tearing of the card-body from the stub. While the binding of the cards in book or packet form is a decided convenience, it is open to the objection that when the body of the card is torn from the stub one end of the card-body presents a ragged and unsightly edge.

The present invention has for its objectto enable calling-cards and like sheets to be bound in book or packet form and yet insure that when the card-bodies. are severed from their stubs the edges of the cards will present the uniform appearance of ordinary visiting or calling cards. I have discovered that if a sheet of thin cardboard such as is commonly used for calling or address cards has itsopposite faces scored or out upon coincident lines the body of the card may be readily torn from the stub, and the severed edge will present no appreciable difference in appearance from the remain-ing edges of the card. Hence my invention enables sheets or cards to be bound in book or packet form, while at the same time the scoring or cutting of the opposite faces of the sheets upon coincident lines prevents any ragged or unsightly edge when the card or sheet is torn from its stub.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a small book or packet of cards or sheets em-' Fig. 2 is a plan view bodying my invention.

Fig. 3 is a seca of the cuts or scores a a, will depend upon the thickness of the cardboard. Ordinarily a good quality of two-ply cardboard is used for calling-cards, the two plies being joined together by an intermediate layer of starch or like cement. YVith this character of'cardboard the cuts or scores a a will extend approximately through both plies of the cardboard, but not through the intermediate starch or cement. The purpose is to approximately sever the sheet from opposite sides, leaving merely suftaining of the card-body or sheet in connection with its stub.

I have found that when the outer surfaces of a sheet are scored or out upon coincident ficient uncut material to effect the secure relines the tendency of the sheet to tear i-rregu- 4 larly is entirely avoided, and as the card-body or sheet is separated from its stub the severed edge of the card-body presents the same appearance to the eye as the remaining edges.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A book or packet of address-cards or like sheets comprising body and stub portions, the opposite surfaces of the cards or sheets being out or scored upon coincident lines, substantially as described.

JOHN B. WIGGINS.

Witnesses:

' CLARENCE R. GILLETT,

ALBERTA ADAMICK. 

